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species

Reef Sea Urchin
Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Echinodermata - echinoderms » class Echinoidea » order Diadematoida » family Diadematidae » genus Diadema

Scientific synonyms

Echinometra setosa Leske, 1778
Diadema setosa (Leske, 1778)

Other names

= Black Longspine Urchin
= Long Spine Sea Urchin
= Long-spined Black Sea Urchin

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Type taxon of:	Diadema J. E. Gray, 1825 (Echinometra setosa Leske, 1778)

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Links and literature

Baki Yokes and Bella S. Galil (2006): The first record of the needle-spined urchin Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Diadematidae) from the Mediterranean Sea, Aquatic invasions, Volume 1, Issue 3: 188-190 [as Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778)]

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